Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1887-04-07
Our Trip 20 Columbus.

at the i. NJ. e. a. Convention which
assembled nj Columbus, Friday March
10Th we boarded the train ut ll.oo
Thursday night and arrived at Duraht
nj 3a. IN. Much to our delight we
found that we would not he detained
there long and at 800 We lett ior
Starkyillc. The train madc SHORT
stop ut Alderman for breakfast where
we discovered that there were other
delegates aboard bound for the Con,
vcntion. We soon became acquainted
with the delegates from Grccnville,
Winona and Water Valley. The re-
maindcr of our journey To Sarhviilc
was spent in pleasant conversation
with our brother delegates. Arriying
there without anything wonderful or
miraculous transpiriiig, six OF lis I'M
mcdia,cly wendell our way through
the town to ''Ccntral HOTEL where
we procured breakfast and 1t Is our
private opinion publicly expressed that
we did full justice TO tho breakfast
upon that OCCASION. We took our
departure from this place at $50 and
soon that magnificent structure known
as the a. y NJ. College came into view,
Here we parted; one Of Us stopping ut
the college until evening and the 9th
or roinr directly on to Columbus.
We arrived at Aricsia at 10 and there
found Il large number Of delegates
awaiting the train many of them
were old friends an} aQluain
and so the hour aud ahalf spent there
was pleasantly whiled away in CONVEX
sa,ion upon things OF the past, pres,
cnt and future. We left ut TO- 80 and
ar ivcd IN Columbus ut ll.50. We
WE'RE met at tic depot with hacks and
were conducted Immediately to the
Y. NJ. G.. a. rooms Of which we will
have more 10 SAY anon, where we
registered and were assigned homes
during our sojourn in the city. IL
was our good fortune 10 he placed in
the hands of Maj. NJ. Mccarthy and
his most cstinabc lady and TO say
we were really entertained does not
begin To convey IN idea of the kind
and hospitablc manner in which we
were received and entertained during
our stay. We were soon made TO
feel at home and In think that we
were no unwclcOmc guests. They
were true noble christian people and
every thing that they could possibly
do was done for our pleasure and
comfort. When we said .'goOd-by'
words almost failed us and our limi-
ted yocabularicS would not permit Us
TO express 10 item our sincere and
heartfelt thanks for the cOurtesies re-
ceiycd from them. We can only re-
peat what the Poet said:
"Somc gems there are most beautiful,
Mast rich and pleasant 10 behold,
They are not cOrnls, diamonds. pearls,
Nor rubcs yet. and yet not gold,
They fling sunshine round our hcarths
They soOthc like balm each troubled
strife,
They gild with JOY our homes. they are
The small sweet courtesics of life.'
Friday afternoon there was an I'M
promptu meeting in the Y. NJ. c. "A.
rooms in order that al might become
ACQUAINTED. In the evening the con-
ycntion assembled in the Methodist
church and after devotional exercises,
DR.. W. a. Evans, Jr. OF Aberdeen
was elected Pres. pro. TEN, and >.
W. Baker, Of Columbus Scct'y. n
committee on nominations was then
appointed. We were then welcomed
70 CGluWbp; By rd RSX; NJ Mcf }aMn
lie did Il in a most cordial and wei.
come manner and had there been any
doubt in regard to our welcome, ii all
would have been removed by his talk.
Geo. II. Lipscomb in behalf OF the
y. VI. G.. 4. Of Columbus then en-
tended To Us Il most hearty and cor
dial welcome. Henry Z Brown OF
the international Executive Commit
tee responded TO the address OF wei.
come in happy and most pleasant
style.
Saturday morning the convention
went into n permanent organization
with tic following officers:
Pres. a. NJ. Vance. Grccnvillc.
l. Vice Pres. w. A. Evans. Aberdeen.
.. {" y. j. Wick. Vicksburg.
Scct'y.J. ID. Millsaps, llazlchurst.
Asst Scct'y j. Is. McElroy, Union.
The different committees were then
appointed and the convention pro-
cecdcd 10 work. There were ~ dele
gates entitled to seats in The convcn-
ton. Reports from the different pla-
ccs represented we've then heard. En-
couraging reports were made from all
quarters and il they be taken as cri-
tcrion. we must surely decide that
the efforts now being put forth by the
Y. NJ. G.. A. are not in vain. On
SUNDAY there were no business meet
ings but devotional exercises were
held ut s and II n. m. and ut j and
80 p. IN. During the convention
the following subjects were discussed
in an able and most eloquent style ana
many plain practical questions were
thrown out: Need, cost, value AMI
history Of Y. NJ. G.. A.'gymnasiilm,
bath rooms, reading rooms, libraries
and homes Of Y. NJ. &. a. work for
bows benevolent work for young men,
missionary work, educational classes,
training classes, evaneelistic meet
ings for young men, financial prob
lem. general sect y, international and
state work, relation of NJ. G. A.
and church, Y. Mo. 'F.Hih press,
associations in small towns. We
wish that we could mention the names
of all the speakers and comment upon
the individual merits OF each one but
time and space prevents 1t here. We
firmly believe that the final result OF
this, the first State Convention in
Miss, will be that in almost every
town in the State these organizations
will srring into existence and will bc
n great power for good among our
young men. In Columbus, there Is a
very fine association which Is compos-
cd of all the leading young men OF the
place. They have well furnished
rooms and all the leading periodicals
such as journals, newspapers and
magazines arc found on their files.